Do organisations which enable their customer or employee data to be accessed by unauthorised parties disrespect their customers or employees? I would argue that they do, whether the cause is poor practice, lack of training, ineffective data (or online) security or they just don’t give a damn. Indeed, you could forgive the affected customers or […]

With massive consumer and credit fraud making headlines across the pond, a recent report shows UK businesses aren’t immune to the same style of privacy breaches reported by US giants Home Depot, Target, and JP Morgan. Recent surveys are showing double digit increases in fraud and fraud losses over the last year. Fraud from remote […]

Lee Moore is a businesswoman and writer who experienced a prolonged and traumatic cyber attack by a supplier between August 2013 and March 2014. It happened because she did not understand the cyber threats to her business nor have a cybersecurity plan in place.  I sowed the seeds of a 7 month, cyber-attack against me […]

A data security breach isn’t something that only happens to other businesses: tens of thousands of websites around the world are hacked every day with each breach costing UK SMB’s an estimated £35,000 to £65,000. The tools and equipment available to hackers today is far more powerful and sophisticated than before, massively improving the success […]

Cyber-attacks on businesses are becoming a daily occurrence, and with big companies like Home Depot, Target, eBay and JP Morgan falling victim and hitting the headlines, it would seem that no one is safe. But what is particularly worrying about these attacks is that they were discovered months after being launched. It‘s shocking to learn […]